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CHAPTER 14
UNDERSTANDINGMENTAL DISORDERS
Chapter OverviewChapter OverviewOther Common Disorders•Do You Have an Eating Disorder?
•What Are Personality Disorders?
•Schizophrenia--The Enigmatic Disorder
Anxiety Disorders: The Most Common Disorder
•Generalized Anxiety Disorder
•Phobias: Fear of Something That Won’t Really Hurt
•Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Doubting Disease
•Trauma and Disaster
Psychological Disorders
•What Are Psychological Disorders?
•How Common Are Psychological Disorders?
•How Are Disorders Classified?
UnderstandiUnderstanding Mental ng Mental DisordersDisorders
Mood Disorders•What Is Depression?•Suicide: Who and Why?•What Is Bipolar Disorder?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders What Are Psychological Disorders? How Common Are Psychological Disorders? How Are Disorders Classified?
Anxiety Disorders: The Most Common Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Phobias: Fear of Something That Won’t Really
Hurt Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Doubting
Disorder Trauma and Disaster
CHAPTER SUMMARY cont’d
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Mood Disorders What Is Depression? Suicide: Who and Why? What Is Bipolar Disorder?
CHAPTER SUMMARY cont’d
Other Common Disorders Do You Have an Eating Disorder? What Are Personality Disorders? Schizophrenia – The Enigmatic Disorder
CHAPTER SUMMARY cont’d
Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders
What Are Psychological Disorders?Psychological DisorderPsychological Disorder - Clinically significant behavioral
or psychological pattern that is associated with:
1. distress (e.g., psychological pain, anxiety, or depression)
2. disability or maladaptive behavior–significant impairment in one or more areas of psychological functioning, especially the ability to work and to get along with others.
3. increased risk of suffering disability, pain, or death
4. loss of freedom or personal control
What Are Psychological Disorders?Many people suffering from mental disorders also:
Often violate social norms (generalized expectations regarding appropriate behavior in a given situation).
Vary in number depending on the society in which they live.
Are diagnosed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.
Are stigmatized (negatively labeled) by others.
Psychological DisordersPsychological Disorders cont’d
Many of today’shomeless are people with
mental disorders.